Oracle Compensation and Benefit Consultant

At Grant Thornton we do things differently - looking to the future, driving ambitious growth and pioneering positive change in our industry. Providing audit, tax and advisory services, we empower clients through strategic insight, curiosity, and genuine partnership. And we empower our people with real opportunity, an inclusive culture and work life balance. A true alternative.

With over 5,000 people in the UK, and a presence in 150 global markets, we're on an ambitious journey, from great to exceptional, and we need the best people to help us achieve our potential. And with that comes the opportunity to help redefine what our industry looks like, and what you want from your career.

Grant Thornton’s Business Consulting consists of Enterprise Applications, Technology, Finance, Operations, Deals and People focus areas. The Enterprise Applications Practice is responsible for advisory and project implementation services related to Oracle Cloud Applications.

Within this role you will perform advisory, and project design and implementation services, to address HCM and other customer business needs by leveraging the full suite (or subset) of Oracle HCM Cloud products.

Within specific projects, you will take responsibility for the elements of the HCM workstream throughout the implementation lifecycle, managing the solution and the client’s requirement in line with the delivery plan, agreed budget and the overall design. You will promote a strong working relationship and team spirit within the Grant Thornton and customer project team and assist the Solution Architect, Project Manager, and Finance Lead with the delivery of all key milestones. Additionally, outside specific project activity, the role will include contributing to thought leadership around Oracle HCM Cloud, as well as assistance in business development and practice development for the Enterprise Applications practice as a whole.

We’re happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares, we’ll support you to balance your work and life.

A look into the role

As a HCM Compensation and Benefit Consultant within our team practice, you will:

• This means doing what’s right even when no one’s looking. The work that you will do has a major impact on our clients and our firm. We pride ourselves on the high-level standards we have for the work that we do.
• Within a project, own the end-to-end solution for specified HCM modules from the initial conception through to configuration and testing
• Take responsibility for documenting business requirements, configurations and transformational goals to achieve client’s objective
• Support the Solution Architect and the Project Manager in managing scope, plans and budget
• Lead your area of the project in the identification of business requirements, functional design, process design (including scenario design, flow mapping), prototyping, testing, and training
• Within Projects
• Build and maintain close relationships with client senior stakeholders
• Be responsible for the specification and documentation of functional and integration designs and extensions
• Identify business opportunities to increase usability of the solution and profitability of the engagement

Knowing you’re right for us

Joining us as a HCM Compensation and Benefit Consultant , the minimum criteria you’ll need is multiple years of related work experience in a similar consulting practice or function servicing multiple industry clients

It would be great if you had some of the following skills, but don’t worry if you don’t tick every box, we’ll help you develop along the way.

• Experience in Oracle HCM Cloud design, configuration and implementation, or at least 2 completed end to end Oracle Cloud HCM Compensation and Benefit projects. Your HCM experience should as a minimum cover core HCM Cloud functionality as well as compensation, but ideally also at least one other additional area such as Cloud learning, Talent or Recruit.
• Exposure to Oracle Fast formulas
• Evidence of appropriate Oracle vendor formal training, skills development, and certification (other vendor training experience and knowledge would be a benefit)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge of software development lifecycles, key metrics and reports
• Proven ability delivering complex and time sensitive projects
• Strong leadership skills; able to conduct meetings and write technically orientated documents
• Ability to engage and respond effectively to client’s senior stakeholder groups
• Able to work with clients to understand current state processes and define future state processes based on business objectives
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 100% if necessary

Knowing we’re right for you

Embracing uniqueness, the culture at Grant Thornton thrives on the contributions of all our people, we never settle for what is easy, we look beyond to deliver the right thing, for everyone. Building an inclusive culture, where we value difference and respect our colleagues helps our people to perform at the best of their ability and realise their potential.

Our open and accessible culture means you’ll interact with leaders who are interested in you and everything you bring to our firm. The things that set you apart, we value them. That’s why we give you the freedom to bring your whole self to work and pursue your passions inside and outside of work.

Beyond the job

Life is more than work. The things you do, and the people you’re with outside of work matter, that’s why we’re happy to look at flexible working options for all our roles, and we’ll always do our best to keep your work and life in balance.

The impact you can make here will go far beyond your day job. From secondments, to fundraising for local charities, or investing in entrepreneurs in the developing world, you’ll be giving back to society. It’s that drive to do the right thing that runs through our every move, grounded in our firm’s values – purposefully driven, actively curious and candid but kind.

We’re looking for people who want to contribute, spark fresh ideas and go beyond expectations. People who want to be able to proudly do what’s right, for the firm, our clients, our people and themselves. It’s how it should be.